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noun
The amount of water content retained in soil after excess water has drained away and the rate of downward movement has decreased.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the maximum amount of water that a particular soil can hold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit
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